January 11, 2008

A Sojourn for the Senses

We only had a couple of days in Tokyo, but thanks to advice from our friends (and reward-point nights at the Hilton), we maxed out on fabulous restaurants for an ultimate culinary vacation: In Ginza, we cooked beef and pork shabu shabu at Shabusen, which the International Herald Tribune once called one of the top 10 restaurants in the world… We had a traditional two-tray lunch at Kanda Yabu Soba, a 128-year old noodle shop in Akihabara… We had $15 fruit juice with all the society girls at Tanaka, which treats oranges and pineapples the way other brands treat diamonds… At the chic Shinjuku yakitori shop, Imaiya Honten, the chicken is so fresh you can eat it raw or cooked any of a dozen other ways (see this review of the chain's original)… Window shopping in Omotesando (more for the actual windows than the brands inside—see below) we ended up at Yoku Moku for coffee, dessert and souvenirs for lucky colleagues… Finally, we treated ourselves to an outrageously good (and expensive) omakase chef's-choice dinner at famous sushi-ya Sushi-Kan.

Jan 11, 2008 7:56:00 PM | East/West (Asian art, culture, politics, philosophy, etc), Odyssey (travel tips, images and photos)

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lia

but was it better than pierre lafond?

Posted by: lia | January 21, 2008 at 01:18 PM

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